Sant Gora Kumbhar (also known as Goroba) was a Hindu sant associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari sect of Maharashtra, India. He was a potter by trade and devotee of Vithal.[1] Gora Kumbhar, along with other saints, wrote and sung hundreds of Abhangs.
Sant Gora Kumbhar | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1267 |
| Died | c. 1317 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Bhakti movement |
| Sect | Varkari |
Gora Kumbhar is traditionally believed to have lived in the village of Satyapuri, presently known as Goraba Ter in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra State. He is believed to have been a contemporary of Namdev. He is thought to have lived between c. 1267 and c. 1317 CE.[2][3] A small temple named after him was built in the village and is visited by devotees.[3]
In popular culture
editSeveral motion pictures have been produced in India, about the life and bhakthi of Gora Kumbhar:
- K. S. Gopalakrishnan[a] directed the Telugu movie entitled Chakradhari in 1948. It starred V. Nagayya and S. Varalakshmi.[4]
- K. S. Gopalakrishnan[a] directed the Tamil movie entitled Chakradhari in 1948. It starred V. Nagayya and Pushpavalli.
- 1974 Kannada film Bhakta Kumbara starring Rajkumar.
- V. Madhusudhana Rao directed another Telugu movie entitled Chakradhari in 1977.[5] It starred Akkineni Nageswara Rao and was a remake of 1974 Kannada film Bhakta Kumbara.
- Dinesh Raval directed Gujarati film Bhagat Gora Kumbhar in 1978, starring Arvind Trivedi, Sarla Yevlekar, Kalpana Diwan, Shrikant Soni, Mahesh Joshi and others.
Notes
edit- ^ a b Not K. S. Gopalakrishnan
References
edit- ^ Vanina, Eugenia (2012). Medieval Indian Mindscapes: Space, Time, Society, Man. Primus Books. p. 188. ISBN 9789380607191.
- ^ Novetzke, Christian Lee (2008). Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-231-14184-0.
- ^ a b "Osmanabad District". osmanabad.nic.in Official website of Dist. Admin. Osmanabad District Administration. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ 1948 film Chakradhari at IMDb.
- ^ 1977 film Chakradhari at IMDb.
Further reading
edit- Novetzke, Christian Lee (2013). Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231512565.